Kunstmuseum Den Haag has a treasure chamber of over 160.000 pieces of art. Here we work on making the highlights from this collection available online.
The Hague had a flourishing artistic climate in the early 1860s. Artists like Jozef Israëls, the Maris brothers, Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch and Hendrik Willem Mesdag moved to the city and started
Power relations, sexuality, and mythology are common threads running through the work of Paula Rego (b. 1935). Her figurative paintings explore both her personal struggles, including years of
The picture books about Frog (‘Kikker’ in the original Dutch) are among the best-loved pieces of Dutch children’s literature. Frog, created by – and alter ego of – Hague artist Max Velthuijs (1923
The work of Hague artist Gerard Verdijk (1934-2005) is so varied that it almost seems it must have been made by several artists. Thanks to a donation of works on paper Kunstmuseum Den Haag is now able
Kunstmuseum Den Haag had not been open for long before war broke out, yet the building was at risk of demolition when the Atlantic Wall was built. Fortunately, it was spared this fate, though the war
'The world is going to change radically.’ Henk Peeters (b. The Hague, 1925) said so more than once. The statement was an expression of his deep desire for a Communist society. It was not to be, but
The Moser glass factory in Bohemia is best known in the Netherlands for the unique pieces made there for Chris Lebeau between 1926 and 1929. But Moser, founded in 1857, has been one of the leading
